Unit 2The world is a book and those who travel read only a pageWord下载.docx

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4、nes.II. Listening For Content1. Listening to a conversationPhilip: Hi, Lorraine! Did you have a good holiday? Lorraine: Hi, Philip! All right, thank you. We went to Spain. Oh? What was it like? Lorraine: We enjoyed ourselves very much. The weather was fine and we just lay on the beach all day. I fel

5、t really marvellous being thoroughly lazy for a change. Well, youre certainly looking brown. We toured around Italy. We saw a lot of interesting places. We ate spaghetti in Rome, drank coffee in Venice, and took a lot of pictures. Sounds terrific! What was the weather like there? The sun was shining

6、 every day, but not as hot as in Spain, I suppose. Fascinating country! Id never realized how beautiful it was. Yes, Ive always wanted to go there. What about you, John? Where did you go?John: Oh, I stayed at home and mowed the lawn. That doesnt sound like much of a holiday. Well, with two small chi

7、ldren, its a bit of a problem to get away. Hotels are impossible and even campings difficult, so we decided to stay at home and just go out for day trips. That sounds sensible. Its surprising how little one knows of ones own country. Do you know Id never been to the Tower of London before? Are you s

8、erious?2. Listening to a passageTourismTourism is really a big business these days. Its amazing. It involves hotels, transportation, shops, and thousands of people. The tour companies keep telling us what a good thing it is. about how much we can learn about people and customs, but sometimes I wonde

9、r if this is really true.A couple that I know went abroad last summer. They travelled with a tour group. Its interesting to compare their experiences with some of the experiences of other people in the same tour group. My friends, fortunately, had some.some acquaintances, or friends, actually, along

10、 the route of their tour. In some of the cities they were going, they knew of the.they knew some local people and they could eat some of the local food and maybe see some of the local sights.Other members of the tour group, however, never got out of the group at all. They. they never went out and di

11、d a thing on their own. Of course the tour company leaves it pretty much up to the people to do whatever they want.I understand why people wouldnt go out on their own because of the language problems and being a little bit afraid. It seems to me that the more tourists can mix with local people, the

12、better off everyone is. If tour companies emphasized that, everyone really would learn about other people and other customs.3. Listening to English newsTree-lighting CeremonyLast-minute rehearsals, and the final touches are taking place before tonights tree-lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Centre-.T

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